Yet further evidence that Republicans aren’t acting in good faith in the debate over healthcare reform comes from the liberal Center for American Progress, which reports that ”after 161 Republican amendments were accepted into the Senate HELP Committee bill, no Republicans voted for it.” CAP also suggests that the Republican strategy is simply to block the reform effort. Here are some highlights from the CAP scorecard:
- Sen. Enzi claims it would be more “effective” to dismantle health reform….
- Sen. Kyl came out against all health reform proposals—even those endorsed by the insurance industry…
- Rep. Boehner tried to tell President Obama…“Mr. President, scrap this bill.”
- Rep. Latta says that “Congress needs to slow down.”
- Sen. Pat Roberts said “slow down” and “whoa”;
- Sen. Coburn said “slow down, guys”;
- Sen. McConnell claimed, “it needs to slow down”;
- Sen. Wicker urged…“slow things down on health care”…
- Rep. Mike Pence and Rep. Charles Boustany have said…the GOP will “vigorously oppose” health reform.
- Rep. John Carter warned, “My colleagues on the Republican side are going to be fighting tooth and nail.”
- Sen. Voinovich has conceded that at least half of Republican opposition to health reform is about scoring political points….
- Sen. Grassley said, “I take pride in being an obstructionist.”…
My question is why does President Obama think he can win this crowd over through bipartisan compromise?
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This doesn’t surprise me one bit. The Republicans haven’t offered anything constructive to the debate other than trying to kill it in its entirety. The country spoke last year and kicked them out of office. They can’t come to terms with being the minority party.